{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Lionhearted Podcast","title":"Episode 5: Monica's Story—Listen Like a Detective","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2624,"description":"Welcome to The Lionhearted, a podcast featuring stories by the brave and badass people who spend their lives fighting the one thing absolutely no one wants to talk about—child sexual abuse. And that's why we call them the lionhearted.\n\nIn this episode our guest is child abuse expert Monica Borunda who is a licensed therapist, Professor of Child Abuse, Trauma, Law and Ethics at Cal State LA, and especially important for this conversation, she is a veteran forensic interviewer. \n\nWe will get into what a forensic interviewer does, but in short, forensic interviewers are trained to interview children (and adults with disabilities), who are suspected to have been abused, in a way that is trauma informed, developmentally and culturally appropriate, child-centered, non leading and legally defensible. \n\nMonica has over 17 years experience and has conducted over 1600 forensic interviews. She shares the stories she cannot forget and the important lessons she has learned that will help you listeners better protect kids.\n\nTrigger Warning:\nPlease note that this episode contains depictions of sexual violence that some people may find disturbing. If any of the content in this podcast has brought anything up for you, please reach out or speak to someone you trust.\n\nDarkness to Light, a leading nonprofit focused on child sexual abuse prevention, also provides links to resources for support. Full disclosure: Andrea Harner is currently Board Chairperson of Darkness to Light.\n\nEmail us your thoughts!\nlionheartedpod@gmail.com\n\nHost: Andrea Harner\nGuest: Monica Borunda\nProducer: Andrea Harner and Amanda Kelso\nEditing: Kevin Tosi\n\nShow resources: \nThe Center for Connection, Monica Borunda\nTrauma Proofing Your Kids by Peter Levine, Maggie Kline\nBeing the Safe Adult resource by Darkness to Light\nTalk to Kids about Body Safety and Boundaries resource by Darkness to Light\nChildren’s Advocacy Center (CAC) Model Explained by National Children’s Alliance\nDarkness to Light National and State...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/PN_NcxNYrhdDedvyCQiv89xNIso4IxCqDEJMOFhKZ_Y/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQ1MDIwLzE2OTQ1/NTIyMDAtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}